The Anti-Manichaeist

New Jesus Movie coming out with a Black Jesus.  I found out about it from Google News, it’s getting about 53,000 hits from Google.  Here’s a clip from the CNN article. 

“Color of the Cross,” written, produced and starring Haitian-American filmmaker Jean Claude LaMarre opens in around 30 cinemas across the U.S. on Friday. The film is scheduled to open to broader audiences next month.

LaMarre said the film was intended as a step towards rehabilitating the portrayal of black characters in Hollywood films after decades of negative stereotyping.

“The idea of re-imaging is very important to my vision of this story,” said LaMarre. “For decades blacks have been the victims of negative imaging… Jesus is a great place to start.”